Use -prune to skip directory while finding file
paul
posted @ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:24:24 +0800
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To ignore a whole directory tree, use -prune rather than checking every files in it.
find \( -path '<directory-to-skip>' -o -path '<another-directory-to-skip>' \) -prune -o -print
Furthermore, take the file nams in consideration.
find \( -path '<directory-to-skip>' -o -path '<another-directory-to-skip>' \) -prune -o -name '<file-name-pattern>' -print
This trick really saves me couple of time when I do a find in a large filesystem.
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